Woman Opens Fram, Purolator Oil Filters From Walmart. She’s Horrified By What She Sees Inside: ‘You Can Clearly Tell’ "Only oil thing I'll buy from Walmart is..." Motor1 · Jul 17
GM Wants To Lower EV Owners’ Energy Bills With Smarter Home Charging General Motors Energy partnered with WeaveGrid, enabling access to managed charging programs and utility programs. InsideEVs · Jul 17
This Tiny New EV Motor Cuts Weight And Size For Impressive Efficiency Geely’s new “Thunder” electric drive system integrates no fewer than 12 hardware functions into a single enclosure. InsideEVs · Jul 17
Kenneth Ashcroft obituary Other lives: Financial manager and director at a number of Britain’s best known companies The Guardian - UK · Jul 16
Man Buys A Hyundai. Then He Gets An Email Thanking Him For Signing Up For Tracking Services. There’s Just 1 Problem "Some dealerships will automatically do this..." Motor1 · Jul 16
Toyota And BMW Are Testing Renewable Gas As An Alternative To EVs The two automakers have kicked off a real-world trial using Repsol’s Nexa 95 fuel, which promises to reduce emissions by 70%. InsideEVs · Jul 16
Call for more local parts in electric cars Automotive leaders are urging the government to promote greater use of locally sourced auto parts in electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing to protect the country's supply chain against cheap imported EVs. Bangkok Post · Jul 15
Man Goes To Take 5 For $50 Oil Change. Then He Has To Pay For $375 Tow Truck "I've been bumped and almost hit several times." Motor1 · Jul 15
Hyundai’s $5 Billion EV Battery Plant In Georgia Powers Up The automaker is teaming up with Korean battery maker SK On to supply batteries to the nearby Metaplant America. InsideEVs · Jul 15
EV Startup Reveals $15,000 25-MPH Car That You'll Never Have To Park Chip Motors is a new EV startup betting that Americans are willing to go smaller—and pay up to have someone else do the parking. InsideEVs · Jul 15
Former Hungarian foreign minister resigns from parliament for job with Chinese automaker Hungary's former foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, has resigned from parliament to join Chinese electric automaker BYD The Independent UK · Jul 15
This Tesla Model 3 Battery Chemistry Ages Better Than The Rest Four Model 3 battery variants were compared after 62,000 miles, and the CATL-supplied LFP pack retained the most of its initial capacity. InsideEVs · Jul 15
Aptera Won't Build A Service Network. Here's What Owners Will Get Instead The solar EV startup is not going down the same route as Rivian or Tesla. InsideEVs · Jul 15
Drivers charging electric cars handed shock parking fines EV owners were sent hefty PCNs but say some signs in private car parks fail to warn of fees to park and recharge car The Guardian - UK · Jul 15
InsideEVs · Jul 14 Exclusive: We Finally Know The Slate Truck's Destination Fee. Here's The Final Price Slate's destination charge will be the lowest for any pickup truck in the U.S., which is pretty on-brand.
Motor1 · Jul 14 This New Engine Runs On Methanol And Could Give EVs A Boost Horse Powertrains's compact D20 Methanol engine uses axial-flux motors to charge an EV battery.
International Business Times · Jul 14 The EV Market Was Struggling. Then Gas Prices Changed Everything EV sales rebounded during the second quarter of 2026, suggesting the industry's prolonged downturn may be easing even after the federal electric vehicle tax credit expired last year.
InsideEVs · Jul 14 Walmart EV Charger Deployments Exploded In Q2. Only Tesla Installed More Plugs America's big-box giant installed more DC fast chargers than Electrify America, EVGo, or Ionna. And its rollout is just getting started.
InsideEVs · Jul 14 Why America Built Fewer EV Fast-Charging Stations In Q2 The U.S. added fewer public fast-charging stations last quarter, but growth is still robust.
InsideEVs · Jul 14 Rivian's Electric Van Outsold Its Rivals Combined—By 70% The Rivian Commercial Van even outsold the R1T electric pickup, making it the brand’s second-best-selling model.
Motor1 · Jul 14 Woman Refuses $40 Air Filter At Take 5. Then She Sees What The Worker Wrote On Her Receipt "Wanted to charge me $130..."
Benzinga · Jul 14 After Blasting Trump's Intel Deal, Gavin Newsom Jokes California Should Collect Tesla Shares for 'Corporate Welfare' Given to Elon Musk Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has said that the government of California should be able to become a shareholder in Elon Musk-led Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), criticizing the President Donald Trump administration’s Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC) deal.
AAP · Jul 14 Freight expectations: major port adds electric trucks A major Australian transport hub swapped half its diesel trucks for electric models and the trial cut more than just fuel costs.
InsideEVs · Jul 13 California's $3,500 EV Rebate Program Starts 'Later This Summer' The program, which applies to new and used EVs, fills some of the gap left behind by the now-dead $7,500 EV tax credit.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 13 The Guardian view on Volkswagen’s crisis: another wake-up call for Germany and the EU Editorial: Robust action is needed to protect European industries from unfair competition. The alternative is social strife amid growing insecurity